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Updated: 10:15 AM EDT Apr 28, 2020

F-16 fighter jets flew over hospitals around the state Monday to salute the state’s medical professionals and first responders.(Watch the flyovers from around the Upstate below) The F-16s Swamp Fox pilots flew over 22 hospitals. “This is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to the South Carolina heroes who are working on the front lines around the clock taking care of us during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Col. Akshai Gandhi, commander of the 169thFighter Wing. The flyovers were closely coordinated as a part of the U.S. Air Force’s Operation: American Resolve to salute those at the forefront of the COVID-19 response. Flyovers are conducted at no additional cost to the American taxpayer and are done in conjunction with regularly scheduled training. Greenville flyover below: Anderson flyover below: Spartanburg flyover below: Travelers Rest flyover below: Pelham Medical flyover below: Pelham Medical Center flyoverAdditional coronavirus resources: Tracking COVID-19 curve of cases, deaths in the Carolinas, Georgia Latest update on coronavirus cases, latest headlines in Carolinas, Georgia COVID-19 maps of Carolinas, Georgia: Latest coronavirus cases by countySign up for WYFF News 4 coronavirus daily newsletter

HOPKINS, S.C. —

F-16 fighter jets flew over hospitals around the state Monday to salute the state’s medical professionals and first responders.

(Watch the flyovers from around the Upstate below)

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The F-16s Swamp Fox pilots flew over 22 hospitals.

“This is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to the South Carolina heroes who are working on the front lines around the clock taking care of us during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Col. Akshai Gandhi, commander of the 169thFighter Wing.

The flyovers were closely coordinated as a part of the U.S. Air Force’s Operation: American Resolve to salute those at the forefront of the COVID-19 response.

Flyovers are conducted at no additional cost to the American taxpayer and are done in conjunction with regularly scheduled training.